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Batman Return to Arkham PS3 vs. PS4 Arkham Asylum Graphics Comparison
- Thread starter Nachtfalke
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RPGCrazied
Member
I've been playing the PS4 for a few hours. And while I do notice the better graphics, the stuttering is really annoying to me. Specially since the game is locked at 30. No excuses, it should be smooth as butter.
Septimus Prime
Member
Looks way better.
itsbenoclock
Member
Completely fucked the cinematics, Jesus... what an absolute mess. Even got rid of some lighting and fog effects which completely ruins the mood imo. Oh well.
RPGCrazied
Member
But runs like poop. At least AA does.
Mr.Fletcher
Member
The cutscenes look better in the original release, but you can't ignore the work elsewhere. It looks great.
If I was buying it, I'd miss the green tint though, it gives the game a unique atmosphere.
If I was buying it, I'd miss the green tint though, it gives the game a unique atmosphere.
Jangowuzhere
Banned
Environments look good
Characters look terrible
Characters look terrible
HIGH DEF JEFF
Banned
That PS4 version looks maaaaaaaad bright in the opening cutscene. Then darker (and better) after that. I dont get it
Dick Justice
Banned
Konami would be proud.
thepenguin55
Member
Gonna share this from the other thread:
What is wrong with your face?!
I feel like we should be comparing gameplay because that's what we're seeing for the vast majority of these games. I say this because maybe I'm COMPLETELY wrong but I feel like I read somewhere that the cutscenes in the remaster are now rendered in game using the in game models/lighting and this was not done previously. Am I wrong about this? If so completely disregard this comment! lol
Dick Justice
Banned
Nachtfalke
Member
What is it with Virtuos and remodelling faces?
Overall it looks better in some scenes, but the general art is ruined in even more places. And especially the joker. How can you ruin the most important character in the game?
Curious to see how the actualy performance is. Atleast it should hold a steady 30fps with no drops or stuttering.
Overall it looks better in some scenes, but the general art is ruined in even more places. And especially the joker. How can you ruin the most important character in the game?
Curious to see how the actualy performance is. Atleast it should hold a steady 30fps with no drops or stuttering.
thepenguin55
Member
I'm not sure how I feel about this comparison? I think the PS4 mostly looks better but those on suit rain effects look weird.
Dick Justice
Banned
At least the minor NPCs don't look like utter shit now.
Dick Justice
Banned
thepenguin55
Member
At least the minor NPCs don't look like utter shit now.
I think this is starting to confirm my suspicion. The cutscenes look worse in the remasters because they're rendered in engine with the in game models, lighting, textures, etc. Having said that, in the actual gameplay comparisons the remasters looks dramatically better than the originals. An interesting trade off. BTW, sorry if this has been confirmed previously but does this include the Joker dlc for Asylum?
Virtually every cutscene in AA was FMV, too, so they were able to throw a lot more fancy effects at them than what you could get in-game. I think AC will be a more interesting comparison, since the division between in-game and FMV cutscenes was more evenly balanced.
I think those are the wrong way round buddy.
thecosmicfly
Banned
Looks like they goofed in the editing and got the cutscenes for PS3 and PS4 mixed up. Gotta keep your eye on that next time Candyland.
Joking aside it's kind of baffling how off the remastered cutscenes are, because the in-game segments looks damn impressive. Even the lighting and color palette of the PS4 gameplay - which are the consistently worst offenders in all of the remaster cutscene screengrabs - actually look faithful in style and tone to the original. Would've thought that would've been corrected by now.
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What the hell is going on with this game.
Joking aside it's kind of baffling how off the remastered cutscenes are, because the in-game segments looks damn impressive. Even the lighting and color palette of the PS4 gameplay - which are the consistently worst offenders in all of the remaster cutscene screengrabs - actually look faithful in style and tone to the original. Would've thought that would've been corrected by now.
edit:
At least the minor NPCs don't look like utter shit now.
What the hell is going on with this game.
SchrodingerC
Member
Remastered Batman working those new fish lips.
Of the models, thank god they fixed the guards' faces; they never looked right, even when the game was first released.
Of the models, thank god they fixed the guards' faces; they never looked right, even when the game was first released.
cyberheater
PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 Xbone PS4 PS4
Konami would be proud.
PS3 version looks better.
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
Actual in game graphics are better on PS4, the biggest point of contentions is the cherry picked screen shot from the opening of the PS3 which isn't real time but prerendered with way more lighting and shadow effects.
It's just a prerendered video sequence. Seems like they tried to rerender with the current model and effects on the remaster.
It's just a prerendered video sequence. Seems like they tried to rerender with the current model and effects on the remaster.
Other than this bizarre one and the first cutscene the new one looks much better. Strange that there'd be an advantage for PS3 for anything though.
That's sad to hear. Hope they patch it.
Diablohead
Member
Konami would be proud.
This is a good example of how the remaster ruined jokers under jacket, it looks like a zip up in the remaster.
tintin1029
Member
Please don't tell me this is this gen's SH HD collection.
Edit: Seriously, why did they need to make this game a UE4 game?
Did they not have the original assets?
Edit: Seriously, why did they need to make this game a UE4 game?
Did they not have the original assets?
SchrodingerC
Member
Doubt it. That collection was a goddamn mess through and through, but Batman looks to be OK so far. They are actually improving parts of AA.
They should have just ported the PC versions at 1080/60fps.
Yeah, nearly every cutscene in AA was pre-recorded FMV. They cranked up the lighting effects and had more complex meshes for the facial animation.
That seems to be what Capcom has done with their remasters and I think that would've been a much more appealing package.
There's no official UE3 support on PS4/X1
The problem are the cutscenes for AA, which I don't think exist in a higher fidelity than the 720p Bink videos, and I doubt that Rocksteady would have gone to the trouble to re-render them when this wasn't even their project to begin with.
There's a better case to be made for AC on that front, since Rocksteady did make 1080p versions of the FMV cutscenes specifically for that version.
You say that, but trust that it would get shat on all the same - this time for being a 'lazy port'.
Wtf this must the other way around, right?
Revolutionary
Member
lol @ Batman's lip injections
It looks to me like they forgot to add in the post processing colour correction.Konami would be proud.
I can definitely see it becoming a pattern after the same happened with Bioshock. Publishers don't think boosting resolution/framerate is enough for PS3->PS4 remasters so they "improve" the textures/lighting as well, but given the whole remaster is being done on a tight budget by a 3rd party dev the art design gets shat on and the game has a cheap look.